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The Instruction That Came Before Anyone Could Ask Why

By the time most men are old enough to question "stand tall, never let it show," they've already been following it for a decade. This piece traces how the instruction gets absorbed rather than taught, and separates two rules that were never actually one.

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The Words That Won't Come Out at the Dinner Table

Plenty of men know exactly what they want to say to a partner, a mate, or a kid — the feeling isn't the problem, saying it out loud is. This piece looks at why the words stall, and why saying them badly still beats not saying them at all.

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